No Ghanaian referee has made it on to FIFA’s 81-man match official list for the upcoming World U-17 World Cup.
A total of 27 refereeing trios presenting all six confederations will take charge of the matches.
Nigerian referee Kasimu Abdulsalam and Burkinabe Dofinte Adolphe Lamien, along with 25 others, have been selected from Africa.
Below is a full list of referees assigned:
AFC (5)
Muhammad Sami Al-Ismail (KSA) – Sa’ad Saud Al-Suba’i (KSA), Omar Ali Al-Jamal (KSA)
Abdulhadi Al-Asmar Ar-Ruwaili (QAT) – Yusif Arif Ash-Shammari (QAT), Zahi Sunaid Ash-Shammari (QAT)
Ahmad Issa Darwish (UAE) – Yasir Sabil Al-Murshidi (UAE), Amir Abdullah Al-Ali (UAE)
Du Jianxin (CHN) – Luo Zheng (CHN), Liu Zongqi (CHN)
Asker Najafaliyev (UZB) – Baxtiyorxo’ja Shavkatov (UZB), Avazbek Abdullayev (UZB)
CAF (4)
Kasimu Abiola Abdulsalam (NGA) – Eba Médard Wenceslas Ettien (CIV), Emmanuel Habumugisha (RWA)
Mohamed El Baroudi (MAR) – Abdessamad Abertoune (MAR), Yacine Ouerd Benslama (ALG)
Willy Stéphane Ngah (CMR) – Guylain Ngila Bongele (COD), Nkemazem Vincent Ngimdoh (CMR)
Elhadji Amadou Sy (SEN) – Vital Dictin Mel Glovel Mapangoulou (CGO), Dofinte Adolphe Lamien (BFA)
CONCACAF (4)
Ismael Rosario López Peñuelas (MEX) – Jonathan Maximiliano Gómez Olmos (MEX), Leonardo Javier Castillo Rodríguez (MEX)
Fernando Javier Morón Valdelamar (PAN) – Andrés Ausberto Vargas de Gracia (PAN), Alejandro Ameth Camarena Ayala (PAN)
Josué David Ugalde Aguilar (CRC) – Félix Quesada Ávalos (CRC), Danny Mauricio Sojo Montenegro (CRC)
Michael Venne (CAN) – Twayne Anderson (CAN), Jose da Silva (USA)
CONMEBOL (6)
Derlis Omar Benitez Galeano (PAR) – José María Villagra Pereira (PAR), Luis Francisco Onieva Yegros (PAR)
Oswaldo Joel Contreras Macías (ECU) – Juan Rafael Aguiar Ramos (ECU), Mauricio Sebastián Lozada Núñez (ECU)
Mathias Daniel De Armas Padilla (URU) – Pablo Andrés Llarena Peleteiro (URU), Matías Wilmar Muñiz Castro (URU)
Jairo Alejandro Mayorga Londoño (COL) – Cristian Jamil Aguirre Olaya (COL), David Alejandro Fuentes Mendoza (COL)
Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos (BRA) – Leila Naiara Moreira da Cruz (BRA), Maíra Mastella Moreira (BRA)
Sebastián Alejandro Zunino (ARG) – Pablo Acevedo (ARG), Juan José Mamani (ARG)
OFC (1)
Calvin Berg (NZL) – Malaetala Salanoa (SAM), Jeremy Garae (VAN)
UEFA (7)
Willy Delajod (FRA) – Erwan Finjean (FRA), Alexis Auger (FRA)
Radoslav Gidzhenov (BUL) – Petar Mitrev (BUL), Todor Vukov (BUL)
Patrik Kolarić (CRO) – Luka Pajić (CRO), Ivan Starčević (CRO)
Elçin Məsiyev (AZE) – Elşad Abdullayev (AZE), Pərvin Talıbov (AZE)
Miloš Milanović (SRB) – Milan Pašajlić (SRB), Nikola Đorović (SRB)
Olatz Rivera Olmedo (ESP) – Eliana Fernández González (ESP), Iragartze Fernández Esesúmaga (ESP)
Damian Sylwestrzak (POL) – Adam Karasewicz (POL), Bartosz Heinig (POL)
